Railroad-tie.



D. H. GRANT, DEGD.

L. E. GRANT, ADMINISTRATRIX. RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 26, 1911. I 1,058,297. Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. GRANT, DECEASED, LATE OF MOUNDS, OKLAHOMA, BY LYDIA E. GRANT, ADMINISTRATRIX, OF MOUNDS, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO JAMES K. GRANT, OF MOUNDS, OKLAHOMA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 26, 1911.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913. Serial No. 667,894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that DANIEL H. GRANT, deceased, late a citizen of the United States, and formerly a resident of Mounds, in the county of Greek and State of Oklahoma, did invent a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railroad ties. It is particularly adapted to metallic ties made from rolled steel.

The object of the invention is to provide a railroad tie which shall serve as an eflicient and superior substitute for the ordinary wooden tie, and which will be cheap to manufacture, quickly and securely aflixed to the rails, and which will possess great durability and more resiliency than concrete or reinforced concrete ties.

The invention further provides novel means by which the tie may be adapted for use with rails of varying width of bases.

- The invention further provides a novel tie member, two of which of identical form and size may be combined together to form a tie.

Other novel features of the invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, Figurel is a plan view of the preferred form of the invention showing two rails mounted on the improved tie. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the tie shown in Fig. 1, the rails being shown in cross section. Fig. 3 is an end view of what is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the tie members shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3. Fig.5 is a planview partly broken broken away of a modification. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the modified tie member shown in Fig. 5, a portion being broken out.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4, the tie comprises two members, preferably rolled steel angle irons, each having a vertical flange 1 disposed at right angles to a horizontal flange 2. These two members have the flanges 1 disposed side by side parallel with each other so as to form a central vertical web which is adapted to support rails 3. Each flange 1 has two portions of its upper edge b'en-t laterally outwardly to form flanges 4 which are adapted to support and form seats for the rails 3. Preferably when each flange 4 is bent laterally one end thereof is cut from the flange 1 so as to form a recess 5 which is disposed above the flange 4 and is adapted to receive and hold one edge of the rail 3 which is supported by the flange 4. In the flange 1 adjacent one end are provided one or more holes 6. In the flange 1 adjacent to the other end thereof are provided one or more holes 7. The recesses 5 in each flange 1 of one member are located so as to receive corresponding edges of the two rails 3. In completing the tie two of the angle iron members are clamped together with their ends reversed and their flanges 2 extending laterally in opposite directions so as to form a broad base for the tie. Bolts8 having clamping nuts 9 are extended through two of the holes 6 of one member and through holes 7 registering therewith. With the members of the tie so' arranged, the recesses 5 of one member will be disposed oppositely to the recesses 5 0fthe other member so as to receive opposite edges of the rails 3. By having a plurality of holes 6 and a plurality of holes 7 properly located, the members of the tie may be adjusted longitudinally one relative to the other and held clamped in such positions to which they may be adjusted by the bolts 8 and nuts 9, thereby changing the distances between the recesses 5 of one member and the adjacent recesses 5 of the other member so as to accommodate the tie to rails which have diflerent widths of bases.

In operating the invention one tie member is placed in the desired position with the rails 3 resting upon its two flanges 4 and with one set of edges resting in the recesses 5. The other tie member is then slipped into its proper position, as shown in Fig. 1 with the opposite edges of the rails disposed in its recesses 5. The bolts 8 are then passed through the holes 6 and 7 and the nuts 9 turned on the bolts to clamp the tie members rigidly in their proper positions. If for any reason it is desired to remove a tie, the nuts 9 are first removed, after which the bolts 8 may be taken out and the two tie members can be detached from each other and from the rails. v H

In the form of invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the recesses 5 are formed in separate plates 10 which are secured by bolts 11 to the flange 1., the bolts 11 being extended through holes provided therefor in the flange l and through holes 12 provided in a longi tudinal row in each of the plates 10. By

the one shown in Fig. 4, excepting that but two holes 6 and 7 need be provided, as the adjustment to adapt the tie to different widths of rails is accomplished by adjustment of the plates 10. It will be understood that in the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 two of such members are secured together in the manner similar to what is shown in Fig. 1.

The invention is not limited to the specific structures shown and described, as various modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent,

l. A rail road tie comprising two members having upstanding portions disposed side by side and adapted to be secured together to form a vertical web, one upstanding portion having a longitudinal row of holes extending transversely therethrough and the other upstanding portion having a transverse hole therethrough adapted when the members are adjusted longitudinally to difierent relative positions to register with one of the holes of the opposite member, and a securing device adapted to fit and extend through the holes which are in register with each other, each of said upstanding portions having a cut out portion forming a rail seat and a recess, the

recesses of opposite members being oppositely disposed for respectively receiving and holding opposite edges of a rail.

2. A rail road tie comprising two members having upstanding portions disposed side by side and adapted to be clamped together to form a web, each of said upstanding portions having a laterally turned portion and a recess, the recesses of opposite members being oppositely disposed for respectively receiving opposite edges of a rail, one upstanding portion having a longitudinal row of holes extending transversely therethrough and the other upstanding portion having a longitudinal row of holes disposed apart at distances different from the distances between the holes of the opposite member, whereby the members may be ad justed longitudinally to di'lferent positions with a hole in one member disposed in register with one of the holes of the opposite member, and a bolt fitted to said holes and adapted to extend through the upstanding portions for securing them together.

3. A rail road tie member having a verti' cal flange provided with a laterally extending flange for supporting a rail, said laterally extending fiange having one end cut from the vertical flange to form a recess to receive one edge of a rail, the other end of the laterally extending flange extending upwardly and merging into the vertical flange.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses r J. W. WVALKER, V

HENRY M. SGHLIETER.

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